The seventh guy would be a healthy Duaner Sanchez, but he’s not going to be ready. Who then? Steve Register, Joe Smith, Brian Stokes or Nelson Figueroa are competing for one spot.

I like Register because he’s had the best spring, is young and throws hard. The problem is he’s Rule 5 and you have to keep him the entire year. The Mets aren’t in position to stockpile guys on the major league level, but that’s what it would be.

John Delcos enters his third season covering the Mets for The Journal News after eight seasons on the Yankees beat. Prior to coming to New York, John covered the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians.